Dec 11, 2010 11:19
1) What author do you own the most books by?
Robert Jordan, Isobelle Carmody and Kim Wilkins
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
I've got a few copies of the Harry Potter novels.
3) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
I'm not so secretly in love with Mr Darcy (every girl is, right?).
4) What book have you read more than any other?
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I never tire of it.
5) What was your favorite book when you were 10-years-old?
The BFG by Roald Dahl. I read it so often the cover fell off.
6) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
Dr No by Ian Fleming - could not get into it. Bond is not for me.
7) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Clockwork Angel by Cassie Clare or The Little Prince.
8) If you could tell everyone you know to read one book, what would it be?
Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
9) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
Heart of Darkness. It drove me mental.
10) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
Russians
11) Shakespeare, Milton or Chaucer?
Shakespeare, most definitely.
12) Austen Or Eliot?
Jane Austen - that's an easy one.
13) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
I read far too much YA lately - I'd like to have read more challenging stuff, more stuff on the literature side of the spectrum.
14) What is your favorite novel?
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, as well as Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
15) Play?
Macbeth
16) Poem?
I love Neruda's poetry, as well as Wordworth's, Jeffery McDaniel, Sylvia Plath.
17) Essay?
The Lion and the Unicorn by George Orwell.
18) Short story?
Snow,Glass,Apples and Murder Mysteries by Neil Gaiman, as well as anything from the Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield.
19) Non-fiction?
Anything to do with history, especially ancient history.
20) Graphic novel?
Sandman
21) Memoir?
I don't really read these.
22) History?
Nefertiti
23) Mystery or noir?
Mystery
24) Science fiction?
Not really, although I did enjoy Ender's Game.
25) Who is your favorite writer?
Jane Austen, Isobelle Carmody, J.K. Rowling, George Orwell and
26) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Stephanie Meyer, probably. Although I did enjoy Twilight, it's not the best piece of writing. Still, it serves its purpose.
27) What are you reading right now?
Two books - The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, and Persuasion by Jane Austen. For like, the 5th time.
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